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me: he lets me feed with his hinds, bars me the

place of a brother, and, as much as in him lies,

mines my gentility with my education. This is

it, Adam, that grieves me; and the spirit of my

father, which I think is within me, begins to

mutiny against this servitude. I will no longer

endure it, though yet I know no wise remedy

how to avoid it.

Adam. Yonder comes my master, your brother.

Orl. Go apart, Adam, and thou shalt hear

how he will shake me up.

Oli. Now, sir! what make you here?

Orl. Nothing: I am not taught to make any-

thing.

Oli. What mar you then, sir?

Orl. Marry, sir, I am helping you to mar that

which God made, a poor unworthy brother of

yours, with idleness.

Oli. Marry, sir, be better employed, and be

naught awhile.

Orl. Shall I keep your hogs, and eat husks

with them? What prodigal portion have I

spent, that I should come to such penury?

Oli. Know you where you are, sir?

Orl. O! sir, very well: here in your orchard.

Oli. Know you before whom, sir?

Orl. Ay, better than him I am before knows

me. I know you are my eldest brother; and, in

the gentle condition of blood, you should so

 20 hinds: servants

22 mines: undermines

27 S. d.; cf. n.

31 make you: are you doing

35 Marry: an oath derived from the name of Saint Mary

38 be naught: efface yourself, withdraw

41 prodigal portion; cf. n.

48 gentle condition of blood: kind disposition caused by relationship 